VIDEO: Poor Old Shine at New Bedford Folk Festival

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Jul 7, 2014 at 12:37 PMJul 7, 2014 at 6:45 PM

After seeing Poor Old Shine perform in 'The Heart of Robin Hood' this past winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, I made sure to catch them at the New Bedford Folk Festival Saturday and Sunday. They were as exciting as ever,terrific crowd pleasers for sure. This video clip gives a taste.

Sue Scheible The Patriot Ledger @sues_ledger

After seeing Poor Old Shine perform in 'The Heart of Robin Hood' this past winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, I made sure to catch them at the New Bedford Folk Festival Saturday and Sunday. Their exuberance, creative musicality and deftly sentimental lyrics took hold of me and I play something from their CD almost daily.

They describe themselves as an Alt Americana band, or a roots band with a grassroots ethos.

They were as exciting as ever, terrific crowd pleasers for sure. This video clip gives a taste.

On Saturday, they will be changing their name to "Parsonsfield." It is the name of a small town in Maine where they cut their first album and a place that has become a kind of "refuge," they said on Sunday.

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